Buying a house

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After all the LL troubles and thinking we'd never own our own house I should be really happy. But I'm not. I feel completely overwhelmed and scared.

Weve exchanged but the new house won't be ready by the time we need to move from our rental and I just feel worried about the future.

Moving to somewhere that I wouldn't want to be forever but it will give us security while the children are at school and I am so grateful for that. So why do I feel so upset about everything?

I need a good talking to.

You're half way there as you realise it. It'll be yours to do want you want to do with it. One thing about owning a house though, there is always something that needs doing.

It will won't it. We won't be turfed out on sometimes whim, won't have intrusive 3 monthly inspections. Won't have to pay every time we sign a piece of paper.

Yet I'm feeling really down today and I don't know why. I'm not even sure I know where ti start with making a white box look like our home.

You make it your home by living there.
I'd say don't worry about furniture, decorating and so on too much to start with. You may be inundated with offers of old stuff, which you need to be selective about. Get the basics. See what you need and don't amass clutter. After a while, you'll get a feel for what will look right in there and what will work for you.

Did you give notice before exchange? That was brave.

Turfed out on a whim - is that you, Jeremy? Six months minimum and £1000 to evict. Yes, of course landlords do it on a whim.

Good luck.

No they are selling aren't they so they gave us notice in writing last week but we found our house for sale on RM before we were told by the letting agent . So we needed to find something. You have been very helpful on my other thread specialsubject. Think I'd already established not all LL are as sensible and thoughtful as you.

Maybe that's why I'm worried. Because everything has happened so fast and now I've had time to sit and think over Christmas I'm a bit scared we've done the wrong thing.

Ah, right. Stay put. Tell them you will leave when the new house is ready. Let them evict you if they want, unless you have really crap builders you will be gone before the bailiff and you don't need to worry about a reference.

It may cost you the legal fees but that is rarely enforced.

If your landlord has brains they will wait - as I recall they are very stupid but that's not your problem , you hold all the cards.

Yes . Will wait until next week and then go back to developers and see if they have any updates for us. Would be lovely to tell them we're staying put until house is ready (would save on moving and storage costs) but DH is stickler for doing things properly, pleasing people and doesn't like to cause trouble!!! I OTOH can't wait to tell them where they can shove their reference once we've got the deposit back